Let It Be Sunday , 199!

The question is, how am I still working through Thanksgiving leftovers? I’ve said goodbye to the last of the stuffing and gravy, the mashed potatoes I turned into waffles, the turkey is stocked, but this pound cake (made from my friend Nicole’s grandmother’s recipe) seems to do nothing but regenerate itself every time I take a slice. I’ve taken to browning each slice in melted butter, topping it with whipped cream and jam and… leftover are divine, especially where more butter is involved.

This feels like the week we all realized that the year is very quickly coming to a close. I feel like I’m trying to tie up loose ends and keep the the ends that aren’t loose together somehow.

How are you feeling? Follow up: how many times have you watched the Mariah Carey Christmas Special (it’s on Netflix, fyi). The offering this week is below. As always, pour the coffee nice and hot and take what you need from here.

• When dearheart Ashley came to visit New Orleans in support of her new book Let’s Stay In, we went to lunch at Turkey and The Wolf where they have some of the very best sandwiches in the world (that’s not an exaggeration). Ashley went home and made of of their signature sandwiches: Turkey and The Wolf’s Collard Green Melt. (Not Without Salt)

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Thank you for the cruelty article. Ugh. This lust for cruelty is horrible and seems to be just waiting for opportunity. What’s also frightening and disturbing to me is how the current administration and it’s followers have seemed to inspire ugliness in those protesting against and resisting. Sometimes I read the comments on a story, like one yesterday about Trump suing SNL for making fun of him, and while I agree that it’s utterly absurd and ironic and and and…..I am also sickened by the glee taken in the commenters. I think some are enjoying the farce, and more than that are enjoying the sport of calling names, making fun etc. I think Trump is evil, everything he is, does, stands for. I think he’s a fascist and incredibly dangerous. But what are the rest of turning into,? My gosh we can’t let ourselves become hateful and ugly. We can’t let them turn America into a place where we all delight in downfall and cruelty. Fight yes, but be above their depravity.

We get donuts every once in a while and a few inevitably end up stale. This is exactly what I do with them, cut in half and fry in some butter.
I need to up my game with the whipped cream and jam though!

Loved this post – you really picked some good selections from this week’s offerings. I especially enjoyed the piece from the California Sunday Magazine, so much so that I became a subscriber. The Atlantic article was terrifying, as it should be; we all should be terrified of our own worst instincts.
Also, I see mulled wine in my future.
Thanks for your hard work, Joy.